Marsh Shrew 



4. Southern Shrew. S. longirostris Bachman. Externally very 



much like the common shrew, but with the snout and 

 skull much larger, and the third unicuspid tooth smaller 

 than the fourth. 

 Range. Bertie Co. and Raleigh, North Carolina. 



5. Fisher's Shrew. S. fisheri (Merriam). Similar but larger and 



duller. 

 Range. Dismal Swamp, Virginia. 



A2. Tail very long (2.20 inches) and heavy 



6. Long-tailed Shrew. S. macrurus Batchelder. Above, dark slate, 



below, smoky gray. Easily known by the very thick tail 

 with a rather long pencil of hairs at the tip. 

 Range. Higher parts of the Adirondacks and Catskills. 



B. Very small; length 3.20 — 3.40 inches. Apparently only four 



UNICUSPID teeth on EACH SIDE, THE THIRD BEING EXCEEDINGLY SMALL 



7. Hoy's Shrew. S. hoyi Baird. Brown above, shading to gray 



beneath, a touch of fulvous between the front legs. The 

 smallest North American mammal. 

 Range. Minnesota to Nova Scotia and the Adirondacks. 



Marsh Shrew 



Sorex albibarbis (Cope) 

 Also called Water Shrew. 



Length. 6 inches. 



Description. Shaped like the common shrew but much larger, 

 with a body nearly the size of a Blarina. Colour, blackish 

 slate, chin whitish beneath clouded with dusky. Tail, dark 

 above, white below. 



flange. Labrador and Canada to the Adirondacks and Alleghanies 

 of Pennsylvania. From Minnesota west occurs a browner 

 species (S. palustris) and still others on the Pacific coast. 



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